Page 3: Historical Events In January - 28

1813  Jan Joseph Rosler, composer, dies at 41.   

1814  Stendahl's 1st book is published.   

1815  Andrew Jackson Hamilton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1875   

1817  Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer, dies at 55.   

1818  George Sewall Boutwell, MC (Union), died in 1905.   

1819  Sir Stamford Raffles inaugural lands in Singapore much later a famous Hotel bears his name   

1819  Sir Stamford Raffles 1st lands in Singapore.   

1820  Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovered the Antarctic continent approaching the Antarctic coast.   

1821  Bellingshausen discovers Alexander Island off Antarctica   

1822  Alexander MacKenzie, (L) 2nd PM of Canada (1873-78).   

1824  William Kneass is recorded as becoming 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40).   

1825  George Edward Pickett, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1875   

1828  Michel Abeloos, Flemish sculptor   

1829  William Burke, murderer/body snatcher, executed in Edinburgh   

1830  The opera "Fra Diavolo" is produced (Paris).   

1830  Opera "Fra Diavolo," premieres in Paris   

1831  Henry Brevard Davidson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899   

1832  Franz Wullner, composer   

1833  Charles George Gordon, London, general (China, Khartoum)   

1838  Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [NS].   

1841  Sir Henry Morton Stanley, Sent to find the missing Dr Livingstone is born   

1841  Henry Stanley, Engld, journalist/explorer (are discovered Livingston in Africa)   

1846  Battle of Allwal, Brits beat Sikhs in Punjab (India).   

1848  King of Naples grants his subjects a constitution   

1851  Northwestern University (Chicago) chartered.   

1853  Jose Martí y Perez, Cuba, poet/essayist/politician   

1855  The inaugural locomotive runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean on the Panama Railway.   

1855  William Seward Burroughs, NY, inventor (recording adding machine)   

1858  John Brown organized raid on Arsenal at Harper's Ferry   

1860  Britain formally returns Mosquito Coast to Nicaragua   

1864  Battle of New Bern, NC.   

1864  Herbert Akroyd Stuart, English engineer.   

1865  President Jefferson Davis names 3 peace commissioners.   

1865  Pres Jefferson Davis names 3 peace commissioners   

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1225  Saint thomas aquinas: Saint thomas aquinas (d. 1274)   

1312  Queen joan ii of navarre: Queen joan ii of navarre (d. 1349)   

1457  Henry vii: Pembroke castle, 1st tudor king of england (1485-1509)   

1540  Ludolph van ceulen: German mathematician   

1578  Cornelis haga: Dutch lawyer/ambassador to constantinople (1611-39)   

1582  John barclay: Scottish satirist/poet (euphormio's satyricon)   

1600  Clement ix: [giulio rospigliosi], pistoia, italy, 238th pope (1667-69)   

1608  Giovanni alfonso borelli: Naples, mathematician/astronomer   

0814  Death of Charlemagne: German emperor/roman emperor (800-814),   

1061  Duke spytihnÄ›v ii of bohemia: Duke spytihnÄ›v ii of bohemia (b. 1031)   

1119  Death of Gelasius ii: [giovannis caetani], pope (1118-19),   

1256  Death of Willem ii: Earl of holland/german emperor (1238, 47-56),   

1271  Death of Isabella of aragon: Queen of philip iii of france (b. 1247)   

1393  Death of Earl of joigny: Burned at royal ball   

1443  Death of Robert le maçon: Chancellor of france   

1528  Death of Philips of cleve: Ruler of ravenstein,